The Finale of the Road Trip Series

Well, finally I have finished the Road Trip series.  This part showcases the beauty of Utah.  We stayed in St. George and I wish we could have stayed longer so I really could have ventured out to get some shots of the area.  There was so many things I could have looked at for hours.

St. George is a nice little town nestled in the middle of no where, though it really doesn't feel that way at all.  The locals were very nice, I'm sure in part due to the big golf courses that I am sure bring in loads of travelers.

I was really excited to see Utah, and I was not disappointed.  Maybe I will make it there again and actually stop at some of there many National Parks.  

Which I am sure are just breathtaking.

My Daughter in Colorado

Like promised, here is a blog all about Colorado.  Though not the one I was really referring to.  I had so many amazing photos of my daughter while in Colorado, that I just had to do a single blog about them.  

We stopped at this overlook on the side of the highway, and boy was it beautiful.  It overlooked a small town that surrounded a little lake - though I think its called a basin.  It was a great place for a little photo shoot.  

After seeing all this beautiful scenery, I really hope we can one day do a real vacation there.  Maybe several, one at each of the seasons to really capture and see its true beauty.

Since we arrived in Grand Junction in the late afternoon, we didn't have the chance to really go sightseeing.  Good thing the hotel had a great outdoor pool.  And she really loves pools!

There was this other little boy there that she was totally flirting with.  Flirting at not even 2 years old!  We are so in for it come the teenage years!

Part 5 Road Trip

This part of the road trip is from Lincoln, Nebraska to Denver, Colorado.  It was our longest most torturous part of the trip.  After already having a day and a half of pure cornfields, we were very much over it.  

I had to do a lot of playing around with my camera to finally get some pics of the rolled hay stacks.  I just can't say how much this trip has really helped me expand my camera knowledge. And the confidence to play around with it.  I'm really itching to start my real photography courses in my program at school. 

I had a lot of fun editing this batch of photos.  The landscaping was just perfect to do some non-typical edits.  I am just in love with these and can't wait to order some prints and get them into frames for that complete look.

I thought as soon as we hit Colorado the scenery would change.  It did in a way.  We went from cornfields to rolling hills of nothing.  I did the driving into Colorado, so no photos of that part.  Eventually, the scenery started to become beautiful.  Colorado was just as beautiful as I thought it would be.  So much in fact that it will get its own blog if not two, so be on the look out for those.

We are getting settled into our house and slowly unpacking our belongings.  I should start getting caught up in my Road Trip blogs soon.  I just have so many photos to still go through and running all these errands to set up house again take up so much of our days.  This upcoming week should be slower and more of my normal routine.

Part 4 Road Trip

This Road Trip series is really turning into a long story.  I might have a hard time finding something to write about once we get to San Diego.  Let's hope not!

The best part of this trip is the time I have while sitting in the car to play with my camera.  I am learning so many things that will really help when I start my in depth photography classes. Most photographers don't like to take photos in monochrome/black & white but instead prefer to alter them post-production. I have always loved taking photos in black & white, which I have gotten out of but thought would be fun to try since I had the time.  

Part 4 of our road trip was from Detroit to Davenport, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska.  We had on and off rain during the first half of our trip, but then the sky just became outstandingly beautiful.  Crisp blue sky, pure white puffy clouds with stormy dark clouds forming a thin layer over them met at the horizon by beautiful cornfields.  The blues and greens were just so bright and perfect.  I really enjoyed that leg of the trip.

One of the sites on my wish list for this trip was to see one of the Great Lakes.  Once we got to Gary, Indiana, we stopped at a park/beach along Lake Michigan.  Course after taking a walk with the dogs and the little one along this one path, I was way too hot and icky to get photos of the lake.  No biggie really.  At least I know I saw it

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I am always on the hunt for a reason to use my macro lens.  Its forced me to see the world completely different, and I love that.  Where I would normally bypass an ant on the ground or complain about having ants inside my dwelling, I know run for the macro lens to see what kind of detail I can get.  I was just amazed at how much I could see of that tiny ant with that lens.  Course, I also imagined what a better macro lens would show and it made me so excited I was bouncing on my toes.

We were getting a kick out of some of the names of local businesses, well they could be chains I have never heard of.  After seeing Lake Michigan, we stopped for gas and snacks.  And right there were 3 stores that we were shaking our head for two days over.  The first was Quaker Steak & Lube.  I'm not sure if the look was really how they did things or not, but it looked like a car service station with a diner attached.  Guess you could eat steak or the "best wings usa" as the sign claims while you wait for your car to finish.  Very odd!  Right in that same plaza was Egg on Your Face and Deli in your Belly.  Very odd names for places to eat.